missis
Older Use. wife: I'll have to ask the missis.
the mistress of a household.
Origin of missis
1- Also mis·sus [mis-uhz, -uhs] /ˈmɪs əz, -əs/ .
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How to use missis in a sentence
To this the fat boy, considerably terrified, briefly responded, “missis.”
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensI'll put my missis up to going to the town and getting speech of her, and telling her a bit of her danger.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellWhen no little voice responded to the call, she went to the sitting-room and said, "missis, have you seen Tommy?"
The words Mrs. Lawton most frequently heard were, "It was cruel of missis to take away little Tommy."
Master went out earlier, and came home later; missis cried more, and looked even paler than before.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush | William Makepeace Thackeray
British Dictionary definitions for missis
/ (ˈmɪsɪz, -ɪs) /
a variant spelling of missus
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